Accession No

1943.111.5


Description

Ink block, broken into four pieces.


Place

Asia; East Asia; Japan


Period


Source

Strickland, E. F. (Mrs) [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1943.111.5; MAA: Z 36223 [Box marked with this number]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ink; Pigment


Local Term


Measurements

32mm x 7mm x 14mm


Events

Context (Other owners)
(bio) (female donor): Mrs E.F. Strickland.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
[Description for duplicate record 'Z 36225']

Wooden box, containing various artist' s materials. Four brushes. Role of paper. Palette for grinding ink. Silver coloured ?water pot in shape of an animal. Indentations in floor of box to hold palette and water pot. Box lid cracked.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Writing case, complete with grinding slab, ink, brushes, paper and metal water container in the form of a badger-kettle.
Event Date 1943
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Ink block, black in colour, broken into four pieces. The surface of the block has a raised decoration of Japanese script, on either side, with some remnants of gilt decoration on the surface of the block.
Event Date 24/10/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin


FM:285254

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